Today is Primary Day; special elections held to fill Skelos and Silver seats

In addition to the presidential primary election, voters on Long Island and Lower East Side Manhattan will decide who will replace convicted former leaders Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver. Republican Chis McGrath is running against Democrat Todd Kaminsky for Skelos’ Long Island Senate seat. Democrat Alice Cancel is facing Working Families candidate Yuh-Line Niou and Republican Lester Chang for Silver’s Manhattan Assembly seat. More on this can be found here.